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From: “mick obrien” of Tasmania
To: bud@
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 11:24 AM
G’day Bud
I was in G-Land Indonesia this summer surfing with six other mates and we met
Pat Holzman. I remembered he was riding Blast Hawaii boards, but I never got his
contact info before he left camp. Must say his new boards looked liked
they worked quite good, and he was surfing like a possessed little Tassie
devil! we saw him take off deep and fly through heaps of beautiful barrels
and turn on a pin that whole week with us. One afternoon in particular, the swell had gotten big maybe 3-5 meters, and it was just -perfect-.
About 15 of us were sitting at Speedy’s all scratching for a giant outside set coming in. Could tell it was big because my mates and I saw all the boys at Moneys get cleaned out, except kneelo Pat had gotten far enough out.
We watched him spin around late and freefall into this massive 2 storey wave outside of Moneys, and recover just in time to
crank a bottom turn up under the lip. He looked quite small sitting inside this beast of a wave, traveling the whole length of Moneys in the barrel, and then he completely disappeared and we all figured he was set in too far
back and was swallowed up in the piss.
I just flipped though when he actually reappeared, trying to get some air from in the barrel! From there
I watched him drive through and backdoor into the Speedy’s section. He passed me still just stuffed in a massive groaning Speedy’s pit that I barely punched through.
My friend Garrick said he saw him get toobed way past me in that concave pit before he kicked out… we all gave him his
dues as we saw him paddle back out grinning.
I reckon that wave was the longest left barrel I’ve ever seen anyone ever get! Snappers rights all the way through Kirra is the longest right I’ve seen and has been absolutely perfect beyond belief this year.
cheers,
Mick Obrien
Queenstown, Tasmania
ps.nice website and do you shape fish surfboards too?
thanx.
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From Jerry in far NW Coast USA
From: jlampert@
Subject: New board surpasses expectations !
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 15:37:01 -0700
To: Bud
Greetings Bud,
Jerry
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From Martin in San Diego Calif.
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 20:15:41 -0700
Subject: Re: New board follow up
From: martin
To: Bud
Hi Bud,
I L O V E my new board.
I’m just dying to get her into some real surf coming this fall.
Got a good taste on the last south swell, she is fast, and yet I can turn in the face without dumping speed.
Rick Carne, and Bob already want a board just like mine 🙂
I really like the new pads too. They look cool, and feel great.
Thanks for not forgetting about me.
Aloha,
Martin
From Joey in San Diego Calif.
Subject: RE: new board
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:54:33 -0700
From: joey
To: Bud
I was out at Santa Cruz the last couple of days and used the board in
overhead surf at Marmeadows.
I should have gotten a new one from you much sooner. That shape works so
good for me. The board was easy to paddle into waves, it was fast and
carved easily.
I can’t wait to use it this winter.Thanks!
Sam
Surfed Silver Strand in Oxnard just south of the Channel Isle harbor
yesterday. Solid 4-6′ ( 8- 12′ faces) elongated racey
peaks. The board was great. Had to work to make the drop due to it’s
length and my cut down vipers, but once on the wave
it had solid drive and carved well.
me quickly,
Sorry for the delayed reply, I’ve been under the weather, just in time for the holidays. Actually meant to let you know a good while ago how much I like the board. I had a good chance to try it out in variable surf conditions in North Carolina, when we had a tropical storm linger off the coast for about a week. The last two days we had a decent swell with offshores – quite an unusual occurrence for us. I was having such a good time getting barreled that a grom paddled over and asked to try it (waves were peeling too fast for the standups). Low tide was dredging, spitting head+ barrels, and I really found the board got up to speed immediately and flew when I asked- just as you advertised. It also stalls beautifully and turns on a dime. You got the pad size perfect for me, and although I was skeptical when I had the first look, it is the best pad I’ve used- no sliding around, sort of hugs your knee-ankle area, very comfortable too. I’m also glad we chose the 6′ length- seems to be just the right size for me to get into waves easily. Altogether the best KB I’ve ridden, it’s a keeper! I’ll certainly recommend you to other east coasters looking for a board (‘nmac’ asked me about it the other day).
Hope you have a peaceful holiday,
Doug
To: Bud
Subject: East Coast Surf
Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2012 05:37:54 -0700
Chris Buscemi
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